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Best Of 2024 – Last Rites Combined Staff Top 25

Hi-de-ho, neighbors! Here we are! The closing ceremonies for 2024. Remarkable survival skills, friends. Let’s see some hearty pats on the back, and let’s take some time to reflect on all the good that’s happened

Best Of 2024 – Top 10ish EPs & Demos

Hello and welcome back to yet another Last Rites List Season (copyright pending). Today we present our annual delve into our favorites of The Short Stuff: extended plays (that’s what EP stands for), 7-inch splits,

Best Of 2024 – Our Album Art Favorites

So, the thing about art is… it’s weird, right? Music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, yodeling, all of it. A human urge to express the inarticulable? Sure, grandpa. A desperate attempt to wrest some sort of

A Devil’s Dozen – Cannibal Corpse

Simply put, Cannibal Corpse is one of the greatest death metal bands ever. Period. End of story. They may not be on your personal Mount Rushmore of the best, but discussing the genre’s history and

Missing Pieces: The Best Of What We Missed In 2024 So Far, Vol. 3

It’s the middle of the year, so we’re taking a few days to round up all the metallic greatness we failed to cover in the past six months. As you can read above, this is

Missing Pieces: The Best Of What We Missed In 2024 So Far, Vol. 2

It’s the middle of the year, so we’re taking a few days to round up all the metallic greatness we failed to cover in the past six months. As you can read above, this is

Missing Pieces: The Best Of What We Missed In 2024 So Far, Vol. 1

Hard to believe that 2024 is halfway over, but hey, that’s the inexorable march of time for you, right? As always, we here at Last Rites World Headquarters And Royal Order Of The Moose Lodge

Last Rites Presents: Our Most Anticipated Albums Of 2024, Part 3

Welcome to the final part of our look forward to some of our most anticipated albums of 2024. If you missed the first two entries and gotta get back in time, Part 1 is here